se crêper le chignon
\sə kʁɛ.pe lə ʃi.ɲɔ̃\
The verdict
“se crêper le chignon” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - S’échanger des horions dans une lutte, en parlant des femmes entre elles.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | se crêper le chignon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə kʁɛ.pe lə ʃi.ɲɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “se crêper le chignon” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for se crêper le chignon is 20 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sə kʁɛ.pe lə ʃi.ɲɔ̃\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for se crêper le chignon in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is se crêper le chignon, spelled S-E- -C-R-Ê-P-E-R- -L-E- -C-H-I-G-N-O-N.
Definition
- 1S’échanger des horions dans une lutte, en parlant des femmes entre elles.
- 2Se disputer, se quereller, en particulier en parlant de femmes.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “se crêper le chignon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-E- -C-R-Ê-P-E-R- -L-E- -C-H-I-G-N-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sə kʁɛ.pe lə ʃi.ɲɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.